AA11 Round 5
6-1 win v Little Britain
Scorers: Harker 2, Kyle 2, Smorgs, Robbo
The traditional Mothers Day clash saw mum’s come from near and far to watch the boys put 6 away in a dominant performance. Dru was welcomed back after several weeks lost in Canberra, with Erik warming the bench – neither contributed to the mother count or the score sheet for the week. The Pumas started really well, and with Little Britain yet to arrive put 3 goals away in 10 minutes courtesy of Kyle’s crowd pleasing pidgeon, Hurr-Kurr’s toe poke and Smorgs’ neat bottom right finish. However, the Rovers secret weapon was soon to arrive, and once Andy Pipkin stepped onto the field, the game evened up nicely. Dru was so impressed he played a great through ball for him, but Az stepped up to challenge and clear. Realising his mistake against such an icon of the game, Az made amends by taking swift evasive action from a free kick, diving completely the wrong way to make it 4-1 after Robbo converted a neat chance.
Second half was more of Pumas v Little Britain. Only Clayts appeared to be immune to the Mullet of the Decade, keeping him scoreless, however Bazzo became his third starry eyed victim, butchering a throw in the worst possible manner. Harker and Kyle put another two away after some great work from Smorgs, Stathis and Smitty up front, before the Pumas started a sub-game of basketball, seeing how many times we could touch the ball with our hands before the ref called it.
MOTM: It could only go to one man, who’s wizardry put a spell over the Pumas, but couldn’t prevent his team from crashing heavily to continue our unbeaten start.
U7 Green B Round 4
The U7 Green B team played aganst glenhaven FC last Saturday. With good weather and loads of enthusiasm both teams played well. Strong defense was displayed by both teams. It was encouraging to see the beginnings of strategic plays, with some players passing the play and attempting to set up for scoring. Well done to the boys of both teams.
U9/2 Round 5
1-1 draw v Redbacks FC
SCORERS: Fletcher Hardy
The whole team played extremely well. Ryan played an awesome game in goal and saved several shots.
Jessie, Jentezen and Kaleb all played well defending and passing the ball up to the mid fielders.
Tomas, Bryson and Marcus did a great job mid field and all covered a lot of ground during the match.
Ollie, Charlie and Fletcher all played well in the forwards. Ollie had several good shoots at goal with some close misses. Fletcher scored an awesome goal the middle of the second half to tie the game again at one all after the Redbacks scored the opening goal around 5 minutes before half time.
It was a tough match for both teams and the 1 all end result reflected how close the game was.
U7 Green A Round 4
Another brilliant team effort was displayed this weekend with everyone really trying their best. It was great to see the team putting into practice some of the skills learnt from Josh Smith at last week’s training session. There were some big kicks and creative attempts at goal. Congratulations to William our “Player of the Week”. We’re all looking forward to next week’s game!
U9/4 Round 5
2-1 win v Hills Hawks
SCORERS: James Guy + 1, Harry Crauford + 1
We managed to win today which was good for the boy’s confidence. We had a number of other close goal attempts too.
During the first half, the boys went back to their honey pot mentality in a number of instances and ended up fighting each other for the ball! But a great pep talk during half time got them going in the second half, with both Harry and James scoring. Awstin played really well and it was great to see Ethan stopping the ball in defense. They held their positions better too in the second half.
Player of the Match was awarded to Matthew. He had a great first half and held his position really well as a forward in the second half.
AA11 Round 4
1-1 draw v Pennant Hills
Scorers: Clayts (pen)
Looking to build on a good start, the Pumas were again down Dimo (ankle) and Dru (strippers), but welcomed back Godby to full time duty. Our usual pre-match warmup also lacked a little, with not much running and fetching the ball from behind the goal as Clayts was taking longer than usual to hack his way around Linwood Golf Course. Nevertheless, Godby wasted his customary pidgeon during warmup and the boys lined up against a young looking Penno outfit. Evens for the first while, with first Robbo then Cam going close, before Clayts took exception to being beaten and 2-ironed their striker in the box. Az went the right way but couldn’t prevent us going into half time 1 down.
We played much better in the second half, passing the ball properly and creating upfield pressure without going close. Eventually, Erik latched on to a through ball which was deflected by a defender and milked the collision for all it was worth as he tried to shepherd it out for a corner. Clayts stepped up and slotted another well taken penalty, before the game settled into an arm wrestle. Godby’s great back heel at the top of the box set up a shot, by Penno, at our goal, but Az was alert to his defender’s brain fade and saved our blushes. Cam also went really close to scoring off a corner, again at our goal though. We just aren’t very smart people. Tireless work from Levente, Kyle, Hacks and Ando in the mids saw Penno with no easy ball, and the backs held strong as the game finished 1-1.
MOTM: Clayts. Was immense in the second half and added another penalty to atone for the earlier mistake.
U7 Green B Round 3
Bouncing back from the disappointment of last weeks loss, the team played very well together and enjoyed well deserved victory.
Manuel scored all 3 goals and there were several near misses from both Harrison and Joel. They all played very good defense, and played very well together.
The “highlight” of the game had to be the goal scored (but not allowed) from a kick in by Manuel. It was a great shot from the side line, and then copied by several players through the game.
Well done!
U9/4 Round 4
0-5 loss v Redfield Lions
Well, we didn’t win today, but the boys played well. They are continuing to improve with holding their positions and learning to trust their teammates as well. We had a number of close goal attempts again but just couldn’t get them in.
Matthew took a ball to the stomach early in the second half, which had him sit out for most of the half. He was subbed on about 30 seconds before the match ended, so didn’t get much of a run!
Player of the Match was awarded to Ben. He was always hustling to get the ball from the opposition and managed to clear it away on a number of occasions. Well done.
U7 Green A Round 3
What a great morning for soccer at Glenhaven!
Our team displayed fantastic defensive skill and worked well together passing the ball for great attacking play as well. Each week we are impressed by the consistent level of sportsmanship displayed. Congratulations to Michael our “Player of the Week” and well done to the whole team for a tremendous effort.
U9/2 Round 3
2-0 win v Epping YMCA
SCORERS: Ryan, Marcos
As the whistle blew our U9’s leaped into action with their normal burst of enthusiasm! Some determined forward play by our mids Thomas, Fletcher and Jessie saw the ball in the oppositions half and resulted in a corner. A strong kick in the air across the goal from Fletcher connected with Ryan’s head and flew between the posts making us 1 nil up. After the re-start our players got straight back into it with some great passing from Jessie, forceful kicks up field from Caleb and fast sideline runs from Charlie. Olly saved a couple of our oppositions attempts at goal but the 1st half was all attack and soon Marcos got in the clear with an impressive individual run and scored our 2nd goal.
The second half saw our opposition re-group, it was time for our defense to stand up and be counted and they didn’t let us down! Bryson, Jentzen and Caleb got down to work and stopped many strong runs from the opposition. Even when Epping FC did get passed our defense Olly was unbeatable in goal even leaping through the air to tip one over the crossbar! The game ended with a 2 nil win. Well done boys!
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